The Patriot Hills of New York Facility
The Committee of Patriot Hills of New York, Incorporated will be building our safe haven for Veterans and their families in Saranac Lake, New York. On April 23rd, 2010, the Committee of Patriot Hills in collaboration with Saranac Lake’s Veterans Community Committee will be unveiling a preliminary design for our future site. All are welcome to join us at our Celebrate our Heroes evening, and Lilac and Lavender Spring Fling. Come join us on this historical evening and be the first to see our Veterans and their families respite center of excellence. (please see our calendar of events)
Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce
2010 Hot List
2010 Priority Defense Appropriations Request
Ultimate Goals and Outcome
- To build a customized, barrier free and environmentally friendly, therapeutic safe haven for military personnel and Veterans.
- To design flexible programs that meet the ever changing and complex military lifestyle.
- To provide employment placement opportunities for military personnel and disabled Veterans.
- To provide temporary housing for displaced military personnel and Veterans.
Support Services
- Veterans outreach
- Combined morale, welfare and therapeutic services
- Referral services and on-site seminars in marriage enrichment, financial management, education and employment placement, leadership, self-esteem, empowerment and healthy living
Morale Services
- Therapeutic wellness treatments
- Physical fitness studios and program
- Swimming
- Stress free environments
Welfare Services
- Grief, youth, marriage and individual counseling, spiritual
- youth leadership, career and health seminars
- Dieticians
Recreational Services
- Music, dance and community rooms
- Sanctuaries and gardens
- Swimming pools
- Nature and physical fitness trails
Preliminary design to be announced in a few weeks.
Veterans’ care could be village’s future
Many groups collaborate for a military respite center
By CHRIS KNIGHT, Enterprise Senior Staff Writer
POSTED: April 15, 2010
SARANAC LAKE - A broad-based coalition of community leaders and veteran advocates are working to bring a first-of-its-kind retreat and reintegration facility for veterans, active military personnel and their families to this village.
Patriot Hills at Saranac Lake involves construction of a $30 million hotel andconference center that would host a wide range of support programs,
counseling and services for military personnel and their families from across the Northeast.
Organizers say the project would build on Saranac Lake's history as a pioneering health resort and, when combined with other veteran-related initiatives in the area, could make the village a center for veteran healing and breathe new life into the local economy. Organizers expect the project to create about 120 permanent jobs plus another 180 or so during construction of the hotel.
But Patriot Hills at Saranac Lake is far from a done deal. If it's going to happen, the project has plenty of hurdles to clear: building community and political support, securing the necessary public and private funding, getting a hotel developer interested in the proposal and finding a site in the village for the project.
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